Sir Richard Branson has said he cannot afford to lose anyone aboard his commercial space flight venture Virgin Galactic when the operation eventually blasts off for the first time. The entrepreneur said the flight - which aims to reach 62 miles above earth and include around five minutes of weightlessness - does pose safety risks to those aboard. He added NASA have lost three per cent of people they have put in to space - and that re-entry towards earth had posed the biggest problems for astronauts. However, Sir Richard said he still planned to take his children up on the first flight - which the multimillionaire hopes will take off in autumn. In an interview with Guardian Weekend Magazine, he said: 'Everybody who signs up knows this is the birth of a new space programme and understands the risks that go with that. 'The biggest worry I had was re-entry. NASA has lost about 3 per cent of everyone who's gone into space, and re-entry has been their biggest problem. 'For a government-owned company, you can just about get away with losing 3 per cent of your clients. For a private company you can't really lose anybody.' Daily Mail Read More>>>>
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